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  <HEAD>
  <TITLE>My Title</TITLE>
  </HEAD> 
  <BODY>
     <table width="780" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="1000">
       <tr>
         <td colspan="2" width="760">
            this is the top row
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="140">
            this is the left cell
         </td>
         <td width="620">
            this is the right cell
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table width="780" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="1000">
       <tr>
         <td colspan="2">
            aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="10%">
            this is the left cell
         </td>
         <td>
            this is the right cell
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table width="780" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="1000">
       <tr>
         <td colspan="2" width="5%">
            blahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
         </td>
         <td colspan="2" width="95%">
            blah
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>
            blah
         </td>
         <td width="1%">
            blah
         </td>
         <td width="10%">
            blah
         </td>
         <td>
            blah
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table border="1" cellspacing="0">
       <tr>
         <td colspan="2" width="500">
            blahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
         </td>
         <td colspan="2" width="100">
            blah
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="100">
            blah
         </td>
         <td>
            blah
         </td>
         <td>
            blah
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         <td>
            blah
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table border="1" width="200">
       <tr>
         <td width="300">
            blah
         </td>
         <td  width="400">
            blah
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table border="1" width="500">
       <tr>
         <td>
         blah
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table border="1" width="500">
       <tr>
         <td width="400">
            blah blah
         </td>
         <td>
            blahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
         </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <hr>
     <table border="1" width="800">
       <tr>
         <td width="100">
            blah blah
         </td>
         <td width="25%">
            blah blah
         </td>
         <td>
            blah blah blah blah
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